How to crimp wires

[Arminius]

I'm putting in a home generator and thought I would see what Champion had to say about crimping wires. I remember my favorite line from Galaxy Quest, "It just doesn't seem right!"

 

[Espos4]

Let’s see where this goes…..

How could I fasten a piece of plywood over my open bow?

I have a nice canvas snap on cover now. Suppose I removed the screws holding in the snaps, drilled holes, and inserted well nuts. The snaps could go back in, retained by machine screws. Longer machine screws could hold the painted piece of plywood on in the unlikely event I decided to put this...

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Underpropping is good!!

Underprop your boat for great performance! Modern engines have electronic protection against excess rpm so there is no reason to worry. I was going to a 17" on a 140hp Suzuki DF140 on a 18' hull that was a dog. Not a 2-stroke definitely. Anyway, the box mistakenly contained a 15" so I gave it a...

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Operator's manuals are your boat's bible

Following the Operator's Manual that came with your boat is mandatory. Its contents are not mere suggestions. Now I'm old enough to tell war stories (I'm a lawyer and this is what our lives consisted of) and this is one of them. Prior to learning to fly, I was inclined to disregard the paperwork...

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Rinse anchor before stowing

There is a 30 lb anchor on the Minn Kota winch now. It is the boat's parking brake when I don't feel like cruising pointlessly. Today I concentrated on a book w/o worrying about drifting into the shore. This mushroom anchor has wedges cut out of it for river holding but it does bring up mud from...

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[Arminius]

Soldering has always been my way of wiring cars and boats. Anything else is a short or long term problem, usually an intermittent problem. Again, it was Lazy Dazy who pointed out that extended use ships and boats vibrate causing fatigue and fracture of solder hardened wires where they protrude beyond the plastic insulating shroud. I'll still solder as even in the YouTube, it is recommended that completed crimps be given the yank test. How disappointing when the damn thing comes apart!

 

[b_arrington]

Solder is banned from my boat. Only tinned wire and properly crimped connectors allowed.